In 16th-century Venice, Cosimo Tempesta is a precious man: a spy that can find his way around daggers and poison, political intrigues and unspeakable secrets... But even his well-proven cunning is put to the test when Anna Morosini, the gorgeous daughter of a high dignitary of the Republic, disappears. Who has kidnapped the young woman? And why? Cosimo will soon realize that he’d better not find an answer to those questions...